General Living Environment
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Doreen is a lovely place to live. Everyday we are glad we decided to move. It has that special feel about it that most places dont. I have recently had to go to the city to take our son for uni courses and in the morning and evening peak hour it takes 55 minutes. We have been taking the Craigieburn bypass from Craigieburn Road East. Of these 55 minutes approx 30 minutes is taken up by the last 5 km.
Doreen is a lovely place. It's green and most streets have nice views to hills and parks.
The majority of people seem really nice and seem to care about their neighbours and maintaining the feel of Doreen. Here traffic is almost always relaxed and unhurried. People are considerate and for the most part not aggressive like in some other suburbs.
We have always felt perfectly safe at any time of day and night.
Recently we have had a huge improvement in facilities. We now have a train, Bunnings, a police station, an ambulance station, a vet, doctors and dentists galore and there is talk of a swimming pool and a third gym. For a while now we have had great eating choices that includes 2 pubs and countless really good restaurants. We also have a post office, a deli, countless breakfast and coffee places, florists and many more. The pizza and other fast food choices are great. Did I mention we have one of Melbourne's best sourdough bakeries in Station St, Mernda. As for supermarkets we have Woollies and in the next few weeks will get a Coles as well. There is also talk of an Aldi. BTW, the Laurimar shopping strip is beautiful.
We absolutely love living here.